Outsourcing of logistics in Slovenia – 3PL and 4PL providers

V nalogi smo preučili poslovno sodelovanje z zunanjimi izvajalci logistike, v kakšnih primerih se odločiti za outsourcing ter kakšne so prednosti in slabosti zunanjega izvajanja logističnih storitev. Usmerili smo se predvsem na 3PL in 4PL podjetja. Ugotovili smo, kakšne storitve ponujajo oboji in kakšne so razlike med njimi. Raziskali smo slovenski logistični trg. Proučili smo, kakšne storitve ponujajo ponudniki, ki so prisotni na našem trgu, kakšne so razlike med njimi, po katerih storitvah so prepoznavni in kje bi se lahko prepoznavnost podjetij še izboljšala. Prav tako se je naša raziskava usmerila tudi na uporabnike storitev, in sicer v kolikšni meri se storitev poslužujejo in katerih. S to raziskavo smo lahko ocenili stanje logističnega trga v Sloveniji, ugotovili smo, da je tako sama velikost trga kot tudi podjetij problematična za zunanje izvajanje. Glede na trenutno, ne preveč obetajočo krizno situacijo, smo poskusili napovedati tudi nadaljnji razvoj logističnega trga pri nas.In the thesis we studied the business co-operation with external logistics. In witch cases, decide on outsourcing of logistics services, what are the pros and cons of outsourcing. We focused primarily on the 3PL and 4PL companies. We found out what services offer both of them and what the difference between them are. We have investigated the Slovenian logistics market. We examined what are service providers offer, that are present in our market. What are the differences between them, under which services are visible and where the companies can continue to improve visibility. Also, our study focused on service users, the extent to which services they are making use of. This study assessed the state of the logistics market in Slovenia. We found out that the sheer size of the market as well as business is a problem for outsourcing. Given the current, not very promising crisis situation, we tried to predict the further development of the logistics market in the country